The Chicago Magic, one of the big names in youth soccer, has been sold. Rampage Futbol LLC, owner of the Rockford Rampage professional indoor team, acquired the Magic from Hallmark Properties. As part of the club’s restructuring, former El Salvador and MLS star Raul Diaz Arce has been named the club’s academy director.
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Five girls teams remain perfect
The girls finals are set in two age groups — U-18 FC Bucks Vipers vs. Ohio Elite SA and U-15 Dallas Texans vs. San Diego Surf — after the completion of the second day of play at the U.S. Youth National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The only other girls team to win its first two games was three-time finalist PDA Fire in the U-17 competition. The big upset of the day was Eclipse Select’s 2-1 win over defending champion Colorado Rush Nike in the under-19 division. For all of the girls’ highlights from Lancaster …
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What They’re Saying
“What we were able to pull off with everybody helping out shows [Chelsea] that we’re for real. And we’re very impressed with what they’ve done for us.”
— Kevin Healey, president of the Baltimore Bays, who helped bring the World Football Challenge to Baltimore, where a sellout crowd of 71,000 will watch Chelsea play AC Milan on Friday. Chelsea signed a four-year deal with the Bays valued at more than $100,000 to the Bays in 2009. (Baltimore Sun)
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Girls Results-US Youth Soccer National Championships
Play continued Thursday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 2 …
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Boys Results-US Youth Soccer National Championships
Play continued Thursday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 2 …
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Mandela meets Robinho
[SOUTH AFRICA] Manchester City players, in Johannesburg on a preseason tour, met Nelson Mandela on his 91st birthday and presented him with a No. 91 jersey. Upon meeting the young-looking 25-year-old Brazilian star Robinho, Mandela said, “You are a baby! What are you doing here?”
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What They’re Saying
“It is not about whether I can move on, I wasn’t the one booing, at the end of the day I play my game, whether I get booed or not doesn’t matter to me. … To be honest all I’m going to do is play my football, if it’s not good enough for some people, as long as it’s good enough for myself and the team nothing else matters.”
— David Beckham continues endearing himself to Los Angeles Galaxy fans. (ESPNSoccerNet)
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Ronaldo Takes Role In Film About Palestinian Tragedy
Brazil's three-time world player of the year Ronaldo has agreed in principle to star in a film about a Palestinian child fan of his who dies in a refugee camp, it was reported on Wednesday. The two-time World Cup winner will be with his club Corinthians in the Middle East – for a Sept. 15 […]
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Former MetroStar De Avila, 46, Signed By Colombian Club
Just days after South America produced the youngest ever professional soccer player in 12-year-old [now 13] Mauricio Baldivieso, the continent has now brought a 46-year-old player out of retirement. On Wednesday, America de Cali of Columbia re-signed Antony de Avila, the 5-foot-3 in striker nicknamed "El Pitufo," or "The Smurf." De Avila is America de […]
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Donovan Getting ‘Serious’ Interest From Italy, Livorno
Newly promoted Serie A Club Livorno wants Landon Donovan. Livorno's president Aldo Spinelli has been in talks with Donovan's agent and sponsors with a view to signing the 26-year-old. But any deal would likely be a short-term one. "I think at this point it will be done for next season only, seeing as the sponsors […]
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Burnley Wants American Feeder Clubs
Burnley FC, a club recently promoted to the English Premier League, has plans to stay in the top flight and grander plans to establish new sources of talent to help make that happen. One of Burnley’s ideas is to establish feeder clubs in the United States, with the hope of uncovering some gems on this […]
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Wake Forest Star Arnoux Set To Join Everton
Wake Forest forward Cody Arnoux is set to join the American revolution at Everton. The Premier League team, whose starting keeper is Tim Howard, was impressed by the American youngster during his trial at Everton in March. Arnoux looks poised to sign a contract with the Liverpool-based club, making him the second American player to […]
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Toronto Attackers Make Long-Awaited Debuts
Toronto FC came up short on the scoreboard on Wednesday night, losing the Carlsberg Cup on penalty kicks in a friendly against Argentine River Plate after scoreless regulation play. But the exhibition match allowed several reserves to see field, and it gave two new members of the TFC strike force to show what they could […]
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D.C. Open Cup Win Dampened by Injuries
D.C. United advanced to the U.S. Open Cup championship game for the second straight summer Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory over the USL-1 club Rochester Rhinos at the Maryland SoccerPlex. Injuries to both teams, however, tempered any celebrations. Rhinos midfielder Darren Kenton broke his ankle when it twisted beneath a challenge for the ball […]
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Force is with De Anza
Coached by Shawn Medved, whose claim to fame as a player is that he scored the tying goal in D.C. United’s memorable comeback against the Los Angeles Galaxy to win the inaugural MLS Cup in 1996, the De Anza Force pulled the biggest upset on Day 1 of girls play at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships when the California team trounced the defending national champion Dallas Texans Red, 4-1, in under-16 play — with all four of its goals coming in the first 25 minutes. For more girls highlights …
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What They’re Saying
“We act like sisters, argue like sisters and people think we look like sisters.”
— Amy Grow, Oklahoma’s all-time leading goalscorer in high school soccer (198 goals for Deer Creek High School), on herself and cousin and goalkeeper Cris, who are playing for surprise Region III under-18 champion Edmond SC Black, who is competing at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. (The Oklahoman)
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Chelsea links up with New York clubs
England’s Chelsea Football Club has partnered with a fifth U.S. youth club program, teaming up with Downtown United Soccer Club and its sister organization Gotham Girls, two of New York City’s leading youth organizations and school programs.
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Clubs merge to form BW Gottschee NYC
Blau Weiss Gottschee, the oldest club in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, and Manhattan Kickers FC have merged to form BW Gottschee NYC.
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U.S. U-18s begin play Monday at Milk Cup
The USA will be again represented at the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland, where it will face Denmark and Germany in group play in the under-18 boys Elite competition that begins on Monday.
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Boys Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Play began Wednesday at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 1 …
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Girls Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Play began Wednesday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 1 …
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What They’re Saying
“You can Notts be serious!”
— Headline in British tabloid The Sun on former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson taking a job with English fourth division team Notts County.
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Chicago loses McBride for months
[MLS] Chicago Fire striker Brian McBride, who leads the team with six goals, could miss the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery. The 37-year-old had played in all of the Fire’s 16 games this season, scoring six times and assisting on one goal.
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FC Dallas gets Colombian defender
[MLS] FC Dallas, which is third-to-last in the overall standings, added Colombian Jair Benitez to its backline. The 30-year-old was acquired on loan from Deportivo Cali.
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Brazil’s $40 billion price tag
[WORLD CUP 2014] The price tag for Brazil’s 2014 World Cup could top $40 billion. That’s the estimate of a report released Wednesday on stadium and infrastructure spending projects planned by the 12 cities that will host the competition.